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Hiking tips from this region's top mapper, who has notched 20 bag nights and 200 trail miles in 9 states this year while scouting trails for BACKPACKER.
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Hiking tips from this region's top mapper, who has notched 20 bag nights and 200 trail miles in 9 states this year while scouting trails for BACKPACKER.
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Check out Katie Herrel's author page.
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Check out Katie Herrel's author page.
Check out Katie Herrel's author page.
The region's top map contributor—with 20 years of experience in the area—dishes tips for beating the crowds on her all-time favorite hikes.
Ski (or snowshoe) hut-to-hut in the East's wildest preserve.
Bake without an oven! Build your own spice kit! A DIY guide to dining while summer camping.
Hike these long trails in Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Kansas, and Oklahoma, and head south to Texas to see Horned Lizards.
Does God love camping? A new church movement foot-soldiered by wilderness-loving young people could transform the way conservative Christians perceive and protect the environment. We hit the trail with the new green evangelicals.
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The undisputed local experts—you—chose the top parks, trails, campsites, and weekend getaways from Alaska to Alabama.
Your favorite Southeast trips—from dayhikes to weekenders to multiday trips.
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Your favorite Great Plains hikes—from dayhikes to weekenders to multiday trips.
Traverse rolling hills to star-gazing meadows.
The best hikes near Manchester.
The best hikes near Boston.
Enjoy solitude and fixed-rope scrambling on the East's highest mountain.
Climb to two killer views, see the South's best flowers, and hike to secluded falls. (Click linked trips for GPS waypoints, photos, and more.)
Lose the leaf-peeping crowds on this quiet ramble above Virginia's loftiest canopies of color.
From the deep wooded hollows to the lofty Appalachian summits prepare for rain (Clingmans Dome, the park's high point, averages 85 inches each year), humidity, rapidly varying weather conditions, and lots of creek crossings. Here's what you'll need.
Ten perfect summits for your next group hike
A quick guide to the best acres, trails, and views.
Does your kid want to be an ice climber? How about a thru-hiker, or paddler? These cities have just what you need.
Some hikers will ditch their clothes to celebrate the Summer Solstice this weekend
In which our author ponders computer tipping points, holiday swarming and cairn cluelessness
It's all about falls from snow and rock
The Smokies get a little less wild, and we pass along astro-geek goodness
According to folklore, the soft light emitted by bioluminescent organisms is magical. In reality, the eerie glow results from a chemical reaction–but it still looks enchanting on a moonless or cloudy night. Here's where to glimpse these living light bulbs.
Which is the bigger backcountry threat, grizzlies or flash floods? Find out what should scare you–and how to survive it–with BACKPACKER's Terror Index.
Got guts? Good. Now learn what skills you'll need to bag America's Little Everest—a traverse of New Hampshire's Presidential Range—in winter.
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We sent 209 readers out to GPS the Continental Divide Trail, the biggest, baddest long-distance path of them all. They brought back the makings of the first authoritative map of this American classic. These are their stories–and their favorite sections.
Trek the best spring blooms from the Ozarks to the Olympics with these two, three, and four day treks.
For these three fitness gurus staying fit is a job requirement.
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You can only get so far off the grid in a single day - that is, unless you take a shortcut into the mountains. Many ski resorts, including the three premier sites mentioned below, open a lift or two in summer and fall, offering an express route to places high and wild. There's no other way to get this deep into the woods this fast.
Find these hard-to-spot beauties on your next journey
What do Florida's Everglades and Alaska's Wrangell-St. Elias have in common? Both face uncertain futures as temperatures rise.
Thanks to melting ice and snow, climate change is effecting the future of our mountains
Information on 19 more "green" companies and an interview with Big Agnes's Bill Gamber
Traverse the Yukon Territory's Tombstone Range, sea kayak Baja, trek Torres del Paine, Patagnoia–all in 2008. Plus, monthly adventures closer to home.
Keen on birds, peak bagging, or wildflowers? Here's how to join hikers who share your passions.
A 10-step ultralight backpacking plan that keeps pack weight under 15 pounds
Trek into the wilderness but sleep in comfort with these hut treks
Live life on the edge as your dayhike three vertiginous ridges in Arizona, Vermont, and Colorado.
Classic hike-in spots in Wyoming, South Carolina, and Oregon let you ditch the trail mix for pan-fried fish.
When illness or injury strikes, the medicine you need is in the plants alongside the trail and at your feet.
Sniff the rhododendrons and enjoy hiking the Valley Rim Trail in North Carolina's Valley River Mountains.
High above the trees you'll find the hike of your dreams: a ridgeline trail where your only companion is an occasional mountain goat.
A high point offering a year-round getaway for lovers of southern wildlife, lush forests, and redeye bass.
Heavy forests and the roar of whitewater wait in this section of the Appalachian Mountains.
Trade your flip-flops for hiking boots and explore a seaside trail.
Classic eastern mountain scenery along West Virginia's skyline pathway.
Sometimes walking "backward" is the only way to go in New Hampshire's White Mountains.
All along the 23-mile Shenandoah Mountain trail and in the forested areas throughout the Appalachian Mountains, vernal pools are rich aquatic breeding grounds.
Eyeball to beak with impressively taloned hawks in West Virginia's Monongahela National Forest.
You can spend days exploring the Dry River Valley forest without seeing another soul, even if it sounds like you're being chased by a well-armed militia.
If you think autumn is simply a time to rake leaves, then you need to read our guide to the best of the fall season.
Why choose between breezy peaks and cool streams when you can have both at Big Frog Wilderness?
A hike up New Hampshire's Carter Dome has it all -- mountains, forests, water, views, solitude, and even a little challenge.
Drop off the lip of Linville Gorge into a world of rock escarpments, deep forests, and whitewater.
Baldface Range's icy swimming holes and heights will get any hiker worked up.
South Carolina: A wealth of waterfalls and world-class swimming.
What makes those golf-ball-size lumps on trees? A tiny wasp with a lot of nerve.